Science 10 Provincial Exam



The Provincial Exam is on:

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 9:00am – 12:00pm

Some General Tips:

• Arrive early to your exam, get plenty of rest and have a good breakfast!

• Be prepared with HB pencils, an eraser and an approved calculator

(NO graphing calculators, cell phones, mp3 players, electronic dictionaries, etc…)

• Do the practice exams available online:

or on Mr. Schmitt's website.

• Visit to get extra review and help with questions.

Awesome free resource for all BC students.

(Note: you will need to have your PEN number in order to use this service)

• Know what information is available in your Science 10 Data Booklet and be sure to use it during the exam! (you can download a copy for studying from any site with practice exams)

Exam Specifics

• 80 multiple choice questions (based on Provincial Exam Specifications)

o ~28% on Biology (Life Science)

o ~56% on Chemistry & Physics

o ~16% on Earth Science

Some simple steps for writing multiple choice exams:

1. Read the question very carefully.

o Underline key dates/names/events

o Watch for key terms such as except or not.

2. Read all of the answer choices.

3. If you are unsure of the correct answer, eliminate the ones you know are wrong

(put an X or a line through the letter)

4. If you are unsure, stick with your first guess (this usually turns out to be the right one)

➢ Most questions have

o 1 clearly correct response,

o 2 clearly incorrect responses,

o 1 answer which is close.

Hints for Specific Units

Biology Unit: (Chapters 1-3 in BC Science 10)

□ Know your vocabulary for this unit!

□ Understand the difference between biotic and abiotic factors.

□ Know the different types of biomes (they are listed in the data booklet) and know some characteristics of each.

□ Be able to analyze a climatograph and relate it to the correct biome.

□ Be able to classify the correct biome based on a graph.

□ Be able to answer questions based on reading a short article or looking at a map.

□ Know the different types of relationships between organisms (commensalism, mutualism, parasitism, etc.)

□ Be able to analyse a food web / food chain / food pyramid and determine how organisms will be affected based on changing variables.

□ Understand the nutrient cycles in the data booklet and be able to answer questions based on them.

□ Understand the terms: ecological succession, biodegradation, adaptive radiation, natural selection, etc.

□ Be able to analyze a predator-prey graph and explain why the relationship exists.

□ Define foreign species and native species and explain why foreign species can be successful in a new environment.

Chemistry Unit: (Chapters 4-7 in BC Science 10)

□ Know the difference between ionic and covalent compounds and be able to recognize the differences in diagrams.

□ Know the difference between an atom and an ion of an element and be able to recognize Bohr models and Lewis diagrams of each.

□ Know the number of valence electrons for elements up to calcium.

□ Know your diatomic elements: (Hint: H-7) (H2 N2 O2 F2 Cl2 Br2 I2 At2)

□ Understand that atoms combine to fill their valence shell.

□ Be able to define and identify the following: valence electrons, bonding pairs and lone pairs.

□ Know the difference between an organic and inorganic substance.

□ Know the difference between an acid, base and a salt.

□ Be able to read your pH chart from the Science 10 Data Booklet correctly.

□ Know the different types of reactions and be able to classify a reaction as: synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, neutralization, and combustion.

□ Be able to predict the products of a reaction given the reactants and vice versa.

□ Be able to balance chemical reactions.

□ Know factors that affect reaction rates.

□ Know how to name ionic and covalent compounds (using roman numerals or prefixes).

□ Know how to name acids (hydro, -ic, -ous).

□ Be able to recognize the common structural formulae of elements, compounds (including acids).

□ Be able to count the number of atoms correctly for any of the above compounds.

□ Know the different types of radioactive decay and how to write the chemical equations for each.

(alpha, beta, gamma)

□ Know the different characteristics of each type of radioactive decay and the associated particles.

□ Know the difference between nuclear fission and fusion.

Physics Unit: (Chapters 8-9 in BC Science 10)

□ Be able to analyze a position-time graph and answer questions based on it.

□ Be able to analyze a velocity-time graph and answer questions based on it.

□ Know the units used for distance, time, velocity, acceleration.

□ Be able to perform calculations with distance, time, velocity, acceleration.

□ Understand the difference between increasing, decreasing, and constant velocity.

□ Understand the difference between positive, negative and zero acceleration.

□ Understand how gravity affects falling objects.

Earth Science Unit: (Chapter 12 in BC Science 10)

□ Know your vocabulary for this unit!

□ Understand the different types of faults: converging, diverging, and transform.

□ Know what types of structures result at different plate boundaries and why:

(mountains where two continental plates are converging because the plates are the same densities and neither will undergo subduction - sink beneath the other.)

□ Know the different types of symbols used to represent different types of faults.

(listed in the data booklet)

□ Understand the terms “focus” and “epicenter” of an earthquake.

□ Know the layers of the Earth and what each layer is composed of.

□ Know the difference between Continental Drift Theory and the Theory of Plate Tectonics.

□ Know what causes plates to move (mantle convection) and be able to describe how this happens.

□ Know the difference between a “ridge push” and a “slab pull”

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